The 2017 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders entered the 2017 season as the defending MLS Cup champions. The 2017 season is Brian Schmetzer's first full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.
Background
Roster
Competitions
Preseason
2017 Desert Friendlies
2017 Carolina Challenge Cup
Major League Soccer
League tables
Western Conference
Overall
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
MLS Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Semifinals
Western Conference Finals
MLS Cup Final
Mid-season friendlies
U.S. Open Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
|colspan="14"|Players who left the club during the season:
[S2] – S2 player
Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Place !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |rowspan="1"|1 |FW |2 |align=left| Clint Dempsey |12 |3 |0 |15 |- |rowspan="1"|2 |FW |17 |align=left| Will Bruin |11 |2 |0 |13 |- |rowspan="1"|3 |MF |10 |align=left| Nicolás Lodeiro |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |rowspan="1"|4 |MF |7 |align=left| Cristian Roldan |6 |0 |0 |6 |- |rowspan="2"|5 |MF |8 |align=left| Víctor Rodríguez |2 |1 |0 |3
|FW |13 |align=left| Jordan Morris |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan="4"|7 |MF |4 |align=left| Gustav Svensson |1 |1 |0 |2
|MF |11 |align=left| Aaron Kovar |0 |0 |2 |2
|MF |19 |align=left| Harry Shipp |2 |0 |0 |2
|MF |27 |align=left| Lamar Neagle |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan="6"|11 |DF |3 |align=left| Brad Evans |1 |0 |0 |1
|MF |6 |align=left| Osvaldo Alonso |1 |0 |0 |1
|DF |14 |align=left| Chad Marshall |1 |0 |0 |1
|DF |18 |align=left| Kelvin Leerdam |1 |0 |0 |1
|MF |32 |align=left| Zach Mathers |0 |0 |1 |1
|DF |33 |align=left| Joevin Jones |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |colspan="4"|Own Goals |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 49 ! 7 ! 3 ! 55
Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=120|Player | colspan="3"|MLS | colspan="3"|MLS Cup | colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup | colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- || 2 || |FW ||align=left| Clint Dempsey || |3|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |3|| |0|| |1 |- || 3 || |DF ||align=left| Brad Evans || |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1 |- || 4 || |MF ||align=left| Gustav Svensson || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- || 5 || |DF ||align=left| Nouhou || |1|| |0|| |1|| |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |3|| |0|| |1 |- || 6 || |MF ||align=left| Osvaldo Alonso || |3|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |3|| |0|| |0 |- || 7 || |MF ||align=left| Cristian Roldan || |3|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0 |- || 8 || |MF ||align=left| Víctor Rodríguez || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- || 10 || |MF ||align=left| Nicolás Lodeiro || |5|| |0|| |1|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |6|| |0|| |1 |- || 12 || |FW ||align=left| Seyi Adekoya || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- || 14 || |DF ||align=left| Chad Marshall || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0 |- || 15 || |DF ||align=left| Tony Alfaro || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0 |- || 17 || |FW ||align=left| Will Bruin || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0 |- || 18 || |DF ||align=left| Kelvin Leerdam || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0 |- || 19 || |MF ||align=left| Harry Shipp || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- || 21 || |MF ||align=left| Jordy Delem || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |4|| |0|| |0 |- || 24 || |GK ||align=left| Stefan Frei || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0 |- || 27 || |FW ||align=left| Lamar Neagle || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- || 29 || |DF ||align=left| Roman Torres || |4|| |0|| |0|| |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |6|| |0|| |0 |- || 33 || |DF ||align=left| Joevin Jones || |2|| |1|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |3|| |1|| |0 |- || 77 || |MF ||align=left| Francisco Narbón || |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |1 |- || 91 || |DF ||align=left| Oniel Fisher || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- |colspan="17"|Players who left the club during the season: |- || 8 || |MF ||align=left| Álvaro Fernández || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0 |- !colspan=3|Total !!43!!1!!4!!7!!0!!0!!1!!0!!1!!47!!1!!4
Honors and awards
MLS Comeback Player of the Year PlayerNotesRef Clint DempseySuccessful 2017 campaign after an irregular heartbeatsidelined him for the second half of 2016.
MLS Goal of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentRef6 Nicolás LodeiroSan Jose Earthquakes
MLS Save of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentRef6 Stefan FreiSan Jose Earthquakes10 Stefan FreiToronto FC30 Stefan FreiVancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentRef5 Cristian Roldan Atlanta United FC 5 Gustav Svensson Atlanta United FC 8 Clint Dempsey LA Galaxy 8 Nicolás Lodeiro LA Galaxy 13 Chad Marshall Portland Timbers 14 Osvaldo Alonso Columbus Crew SC, Houston Dynamo 19 Clint Dempsey Colorado Rapids 20 Cristian Roldan D.C. United, San Jose Earthquakes 22 Clint Dempsey Minnesota United FC 22 Nicolás Lodeiro Minnesota United FC 23 Chad Marshall Sporting Kansas City 24 Chad Marshall Minnesota United FC 32 Will Bruin FC Dallas 33 Román Torres Colorado Rapids 33 Nicolás Lodeiro Colorado Rapids
MLS Coach of the Week WeekCoachOpponentRef19 Brian Schmetzer Colorado Rapids
Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.
In
No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource 35 San Jose Earthquakes Selected with 20th pick in 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft 19 Montreal Impact Traded for allocation money 17 Houston Dynamo Traded for allocation money 12 UCLA Signed HGP Deal 23 Washington Signed HGP Deal 5 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Free 4 Guangzhou R&F Free 21 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Free 32 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Free 18 SBV Vitesse Free 8 Sporting de Gijón Free 27 D.C. United Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft 16 Montreal Impact Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft
Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2017 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubNotesRef January 13, 2017 Brian Nana-Sinkam DF Stanford MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#22) January 13, 2017 Dominic Oduro DF FC Nordsjælland MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#35) January 17, 2017 Doug Goodman MF Georgetown MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#56); Acquired from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder David Estrada January 17, 2017 Jake Stovall DF Wright State MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#66) January 17, 2017 Kyle Bjornethun DF Seattle University MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#88)
Out
No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource39 Waived 12 Retired Waived 8 BK Häcken Waived 9 Retired Waived 23 Viktoria Plzeň Waived 17 Tampa Bay Rowdies Waived 31 Tampa Bay Rowdies Waived 22 Orange County SC Waived 4 Atlanta United FC Waived, Traded for $50k general allocation money 5 Reno 1868 FC Waived 15 Houston Dynamo Waived; Second pick in 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft 20 Retired Waived 18 Waived 16 Cerro Porteño Waived 80 FC Cincinnati Out on Loan 8 San Martín End of Contract 80 Umeå FC Waived
Staff
ExecutiveCoaching staff
Notes A. Players who are under contract with Seattle Sounders FC 2.
References